Question

In a film by this director, the song “Strong as I Am” plays as a serial killer tells a blind woman that “Francis (-5[1])is gone forever.” The lead actor learned safe-cracking for a film by this director (10[1])with an electronic score by Tangerine (10[1])Dream. (10[1])In 2022, Meg Gardiner (10[1])and this director wrote a novel as a sequel to one of his films. This director of Manhunter and Thief pioneered (10[2])digital (10[1])cameras (-5[1])on a (-5[1])film (10[1]-5[1])whose silver-haired antagonist asks, (-5[1])“yo homie, is that my briefcase?” before killing men (-5[1])who mugged (-5[1])a taxi driver. (10[1]-5[1])A showdown (-5[1])near an airport ends a three-hour epic by this showrunner of Miami Vice. (10[1])That 1991 film by this director, known for its (-5[1])realistic gunfire between bank robbers (10[1])and LAPD (10[1])officers, (-5[1])stars Robert De Niro (10[1])and (10[1])Al (10[1]-5[1])Pacino. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[3])name (-5[1])this (10[1])director (-5[3])of the neo-noir (-5[1])crime films Collateral and Heat. (0[1])■END■ (10[3]0[25])

ANSWER: Michael Mann [or Michael Kenneth Mann] (The novel is Heat 2.)
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%109.00
Florida2025-02-01Y333%0%67%43.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y60%0%83%0.00
North2025-02-01Y367%0%33%74.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y520%0%20%73.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y20%0%100%0.00
South Central2025-02-01Y250%0%50%130.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y425%0%50%145.00
UK2025-02-01Y1070%0%10%91.86
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y850%0%50%115.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y30%0%33%0.00

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Adam HermannClaremont BUCSD4710
Cormac BeirneLSECambridge B6810
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington AHaverford A6810
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge A6910
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B70-5
Aryan DesarapuMichigan AMichigan B72-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCarnegie Mellon A73-5
Allan LeeStanford BNorthwestern A7310
Kevin ParkClaremont AUC Berkeley A77-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AColumbia B86-5
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin B88-5
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C91-5
Omer KeskinOxford AOxford C9110
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANotre Dame B93-5
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BCarleton10610
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BASU115-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn B12010
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford B12210
Enina EdosomwanCase Western AMichigan D123-5
Owen MimnoNYU AMaryland A12710
Joel CrossleyManchesterNYU C12810
Ruchir KodihalliCase Western BMichigan State129-5
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AImperial B12910
Tiffany ZhouFlorida AFlorida B130-5
Karan GurazadaTexas ATAMU13010
Josh HowarthWarwick BBristol133-5
David BassJohns Hopkins ACornell B133-5
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell D133-5
Anna BarkerUCF BValencia A134-5
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Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC136-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW B136-5
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Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A1440
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AClaremont A14510
Noah DeanKenyonMichigan C1450
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A1450
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon AOhio State B1450
Matthew LamOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B1450
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CIowa1450
Ben HorningGeorgetown BNorthwestern B1450
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Parker McCoigTennessee ALouisville A1450
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